Comments on: Apple Files for Junk Patents, Stifling GNU/Linux Development

By: Yuhong Bao

Yuhong Bao — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 05:14:20 +0000

At least Apple isn’t stupid enough to release Quartz as open source when it is covered by so many patents.

By: ete

ete — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 21:46:51 +0000

As long as you have capitalism you cannot expect companies to behave like innocent schoolgirls. Note: comment has been flagged for arriving from an abusive Internet troll

By: Roy Schestowitz

Roy Schestowitz — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 20:32:35 +0000

Jim,

From a humble perspective, Apple barely fits the story about Microsoft and its ‘partners’.

I used a Mac for over a year at work (that was several years ago) and I had no trouble with Apple at the time. I do, however, have heaps of material which shows they are no better than Microsoft (just smaller). I’m unlikely to bring it here because I don’t need the wrath of Mac users and it’s off topic anyway.

By: Jim Powers

Jim Powers — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 16:30:13 +0000

This kid of coverage is really, truly well within the boundaries of the issue you guys are covering: Apple, given the chance, would easily become the next Microsoft. Apple is stupendously active in the software patent area, just because they are not as big as MS doesn’t mean that they cannot engage in the same kind of patent abuse.